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Derby County

Posted on January 13, 2008
Filed Under Derby County, English Premier League

Derby County Football Club
Nicknames: The Rams
Founded: 1884
Stadium: Pride Park
Capacity: 33,597
Owner: Adam Pearson
Chairman: Adam Pearson
Manager: Paul Jewell

Derby County were founding members of English Football League when it was launched in 1888. They’ve had a couple of bad periods and they were relegated a couple of times, but they’re also one of the teams that won major trophies in England.

In 1946 they’ve won the FA Cup and in the 70s they managed to win twice the English premier League, once in 1972 and once in 1975. This season the team is not doing too well and it’s close to be relegated, but there is still hope for the team from Derby. After a really bad start this season, the former team owner, Peter Gadsby, decided to step down from the team and sold the club to former Hull City owner, Adam Pearson. They changed their coach and now they are looking for talent from North America that would hopefully save them from relegation. In January they’ve signed four new players, and they still want to buy new talent soon.

Derby’s main rivals are Nottingham Forest, a club based in Nottingham, located at a few miles from Derby. Also, there are other local teams like Notts County or Leicester City which are Derby’s rivals, but all these teams are in the lower English divisions.

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